I am doubtful nobody has ever given you a list of things that you, as a man, don’t have to tolerate from a woman. Dating advice for men usually only includes stuff he needs to do for her. Besides cheating and gold-digging, there are many other, more subtle things that men really don’t need to put up with.
Let me put it this way: At the end of the day, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to stick around for it, whatever it is. Relationships should be a joy, and if she’s not a joy and a positive addition to your life, why the heck should you stay? She should find someone who finds her bs endearing, or become a better woman.
Forget the notion that as long as she’s happy, you should be happy.
This is the way narcissistic people think. Unfortunately, many narcissistic traits have made their way into people’s consciousness as “female traits.” Do not sign up for the notion that only she’s there to be made happy, and your worth as a human being depends on it. You matter, too. Never again forget that.
Narcissistic women also believe that as long as they do their end of the deal, which in this case may include looking like a trophy wife, making you look good, you have no reason to complain. However, not all narcissistic women look as good as you think they would, but their goal is to make you “look right” by the community’s standards. She’s your makeup kit, and she expects you to be hers.
If you start feeling you’d really be happier on your own, you might as well take off, even if you haven’t got an alternative lined up.
It is not true that women are better at relationships.
Everybody is great at relationships that are 100% tailored to their needs. (Look above.) A woman who never takes your needs under consideration but ignores them or only rewards you for “good behavior” is not a woman who is great at relationships. Her saying that she is is not going to make it true.
Next time you hear this, just ask: “Then why am I so unhappy if you’re so good at relationships?” (Assuming you are.)
The fact I’m good at this doesn’t mean that all women are. Don’t give them bitches MY CREDITS. 
Narrow space to move in – controlling behaviors.
Many women take pride in “knowing how to handle a man.” While coming from the right woman in the right way, this may feel good, and if it does, ignore it, but if it feels bad, disempowering, or uncomfortable, it’s a problem. (From the right woman, it can feel good because she’s basically forcing you to be the man you wanted permission to be. Perhaps it’s a sexual thing you always thought was a big no-no for all women, or liberation from modesty, or subservience toward your mom or boss or something.)
It is a problem when you have to constantly check yourself for anything that would make your girlfriend angry. To be fair, this may not be about her at all. Maybe your mom raised you this way, and you’re always a little on edge around women as a consequence; it could also be a past life trauma. (Pardon me for being a female.) Still, if it’s not her, maybe it’s time to work on it… See if she lets you get away with something you think “only men would put up with.”
Constant crying and pretending to be the victim.
Some women use tears and upset as a method of controlling you. (This is not all women, trust me.) Of course it’s possible to make someone cry, but let me just speak for my own personal experience, in my 47 years I have never needed to cry over something a guy has done to me. (I have started to suspect that this is why I’m still single. I can’t fake tears for the life of me. I’d be too embarrassed to.)
Dating advice for men often warn men of narcissistic women, and it is important to notice even the less obvious signs.
Nagging, bitching, belittling.
Now, someone who is constantly nagging and particularly someone who is constantly looking for a childhood trauma in you, is more than likely trying to find something you can bond over. They feel worthless, so they’re trying to hit a nerve where you feel worthless, too. If you don’t, you find this annoying as, but if you agree with what she’s saying, you might just react to it with some form of tears or angry acceptance that “Sure, I’m a piece of shit, too, what of it?” to which she can then confess her own piece of shittiness that will make you a match.
However, Full 10 men are quite possibly above this, and cannot be bonded with over a weakness. You may not be a person who bonds over weaknesses even if you have them and a ton of trauma to go with it – and there are women who are like this, too. My dating advice is geared toward men who want to raise their bar, not bury it into the ground.
Being a riddle.
There are women who never tell you anything straight. There are women who don’t understand other women’s meaning as a consequence. (Like me.)
The game is, should you accept it, that you have to figure her out. She wants to know if you’re interested enough to find out what she really wants. Also, it may be an attempt to hide the fact she’s boring as a pile of rocks with no treasure hidden underneath them, but you might spend a lifetime trying to find it. Maybe the treasure she’s hiding is not what you are looking for.
Her dictation as to what should and does matter to you in a relationship.
You decide what matters to you in a relationship. If you only want a woman with a under 24% fat percentage, with bleached blond hair and silicone implants, that’s COMPLETELY up to you. Also, you can raise your bar as high as you freaking like, and it’s your risk to take if you ever find a woman to match it.
High IQ, high fitness levels, and similar interests may not be of importance to her, but that doesn’t mean she gets to say they can’t be important to you.
It is NOT… IT IS NOT YOUR JOB TO PROVIDE FOR A WOMAN.
Stop thinking of yourself as “the provider.” Stop thinking of women as helpless creatures that have to be rehomed after mommy and daddy no longer wants to take care of them. You don’t have to take responsibility of any woman, hear me? This is the 2020’s. OF COURSE, you’ll take your share of a relationship INSIDE a relationship, once you find someone who brings something positive into your life. Stop thinking it’s “your fate” to put up with a particular woman if you don’t like her, or that “once all the good ones are gone” you’ll just HAVE TO take up one out of a sense of duty. You do not have to have a relationship. You don’t have to have kids, even if you have a relationship, either, by the way.
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